Swarajya (magazine)
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Front page of the May 2015 issue of Swarajya | |
Editorial Director |
R. Jagannathan Sandipan Deb |
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Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) | Jerry Rao |
EAB | Surjit Bhalla |
EAB | Swapan Dasgupta[1] |
Categories | News magazine |
Frequency |
Monthly (since 2015) Weekly (1956-1980) |
Publisher |
V.Murali Amarnath Govindarajan |
Founder | Khasa Subba Rao |
Year founded | 1956 |
First issue | 14 July 1956 |
Company |
Bharathan Publications Private Limited (1956-2014) Kovai Media Private Limited (2014-present) |
Country | India |
Based in |
Coimbatore/Bengaluru (since 2014) Chennai (1956-1980) |
Language | English |
Website |
swarajyamag |
OCLC number | 3999897 |
Swarajya is an Indian monthly print magazine and online daily. It was a weekly magazine founded in 1956 by Khasa Subba Rao with the patronage of C. Rajagopalachari, one of the founders of the Swatantra Party, and a regular contributor to the magazine in the form of his Dear Reader column. Minoo Masani, R.Venkatraman, R.K. Laxman are some notable personalities who contributed to the magazine. After Rajaji's death in 1972, the magazine began to decline and eventually closed in 1980.
The magazine was relaunched as a monthly print magazine and online daily in 2014, with Sandipan Deb as the Editorial Director.[2] The website was launched in September 2014, and the first edition of the print magazine was launched in January 2015. Currently R. Jagannathan and Sandipan Deb are Editorial Directors of Swarajya.
History
Swarajya was launched as a weekly magazine in 1956 by journalist Khasa Subba Rao,[3] with the patronage of C. Rajagopalachari, one of the founders of the Swatantra Party,[4] and a regular contributor to the magazine in the form of his Dear Reader column.[5] The magazine strongly advocated individual freedom and freedom of enterprise as against Nehru's socialist policies. Swarajya enjoyed a reputation of being one of few magazines that argued against collectivist and statist policies of the ruling Indian National Congress.[6][7] Minoo Masani, R.Venkatraman, R.K. Laxman are some notable personalities who contributed to the magazine.[8][9][10] After Rajagopalachari's death in 1972, the magazine began to decline and eventually closed in 1980.[11]
Relaunch in 2014
The magazine was relaunched as a monthly print magazine and online daily in 2014, with Sandipan Deb as the Editorial Director. The website was launched in September 2014 by Ravi Shankar[12] and the first edition of the print magazine was launched in January 2015.[11] Coimbatore-based Kovai Media Private Limited purchased the rights to the magazine from Chennai-based Bharathan Publishers, along with 40,000 pages from the earlier editions of the magazine.[11] The magazine states on its website that it "remains committed to the ideals of individual liberty unmediated by the State or any other institution, freedom of expression and enterprise, national interest, and India's vast and ancient cultural heritage". Swarajya describes itself as "a big tent for liberal right of centre discourse that reaches out, engages and caters to the new India".[1] In October 2016, Swarajya announced the launch of a new website Creative India that would focus on Indian culture and art.[13] The same month, it acquired news and current affairs website OpIndia.com which is now run by Rahul Roushan.[14]
Editors and notable contributors
References
- 1 2 "About Swarajya". Swarajya.
- ↑ "Re-launching Swarajya, a voice for India's new Right".
- ↑ "OGLC Worldcat". Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "Remembering Rajagopalachari the writer, with Kalki". The New Indian Express. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "Contributions of Rajaji and Kalki hailed". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "We need a Museum of Liberty in India. (And: a note on the Swarajya magazine)". Sabhlok City. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "Comrades, friends, rivals". The Hindu. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ "EDITORIALS BY SHRI R. VENKATARAMAN FOR 'SWARAJYA'". President Venkataraman. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ↑ Laxman. The Tunnel of Time (autobiography). Penguin India. pp. 66–72.
- ↑ "For over five decades RK Laxman immortalised passive, hapless common man". Daily News and Analysis. Pune. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 Bansal, Shuchi (17 September 2014). "Rajagopalachari's 'Swarajya' to be relaunched soon". Livemint. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Launch of Swarajya Magazine originally started by C Ra..."
- ↑ "Creative India: A New Global Platform For Indian Art And Culture". Swarajya. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ↑ "Announcement: OpIndia Is Now Part Of The Swarajya Group". .
- ↑ Markandey Katju
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